"VERTICAL DOWN, LINE FULL THROTTLE THREE QUARTER LOOP." Pulling more than 10 G's and still looking for more. A Pocahontas man is flying upside down and rolling his plane. And as KCCI's Vanessa Peng and photojournalist Spencer Vaughn show us, it's all for the gold. That's right...Aaron McCartan is a national champion...and we get to see all his stunts from inside the cockpit! 11:40 HATCH OPEN nats of getting into plane 12:43 TIGHTENING CLINKING OF BELT In near 40 mile per hour winds... 12:58 CREATURE COMFORTS Secured in a tiny seat ....Aaron McCartan is ... 13:54 "READY TO GO" START UP OF PLANE NATS..FROM HD CONTOUR MAYBE Never mind...the winds are moving his 12- hundred pound stunt plane...all over the runway... NATS takeoff and in seconds.. McCartan is upside down! 5:10 "IT'S KIND OF LIKE PLAYING CHESS AND FIGHTING A BOXING MATCH." 12 He's been rolling so well with the punches ... 22:38 HAMMERHEAD AND THEN A VERTICAL." Moves like these...put the Pocahontas, Iowa man on the map... 3:55 "I HONESTLY CAN'T BELIEVE IT HAPPENED YET." 57 The national aerobatic Champion in the intermediate category ...lives for..what some might call crazy. 0:49 "TO ME THIS IS THE ULTIMATE CHALLENGE IN AVIATION." 52 21:09 A ROLL AND QUARTER ONE WAY Every stunt takes concentration and skill..knowing how much to push or pull ... 2:56 "WE'RE TRYING TO FLY VERY PRECISE MANEUVERS GEOMETRIC SHAPES WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP IT IN A VERY SMALL ARENA IN FRONT OF GRADING JUDGES ON THE GROUND." 3:03 20:39 THREE QUARTER SNAP or 23:03 THEN A WIGWAG ON THE TOP." 0:57 "THAT'S FLIGHT IN THREE DIMENSIONS, THAT'S ENERGY MANAGEMENT THAT'S ORIENTATION CHALLENGES." 1:01 And a whole lot of G's! 5:43 "WE CAN GO WELL IN EXCESS OF 10 GS POSITIVE CRUSHING INTO THAT SEAT." 47 A daredevil who grew up in a cockpit... 1:25 "I WAS FLYING BEFORE I COULD DRIVE." 1:26 Who is only looking up ...to expand those wings to new heights. 4:53 "THERE'S A BIG CHALLENGE AHEAD OF ME, BUT IVE ALREADY STARTED TRAINING FOR THE ADVANCED CATEGORY, I'M READY TO GO, I'M MORE CHARGED THAN EVER TO KEEP PROGRESSING." 5:01 McCartan bought his first aerobatic plane in 2007.... And he says, with aerobatics he's always learning! Vanessa, did you take a ride in the plane? Stunt plane is a single seater.. Has a two seater but winds were too strong..I was prepared.... Thanks, Vanessa!